reminiscence
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See also: réminiscence
English
Etymology
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
Pronunciation
Noun
reminiscence (countable and uncountable, plural reminiscences)
- An act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
- A mental image thus remembered.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- flashback - memory of trauma
Related terms
Translations
act of remembering
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mental image
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Further reading
- “reminiscence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “reminiscence”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.